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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16
CONNECTIONS.


At Palatka with Jacksonville, Tampa ana
Key West Hallway, and -. Augustine and Pa
lHtakn Hallway, ana fast river steamers from
~. Augustine, Green & owe Springs Jackson
willie and all points North, Fast and West.
Mail trains make close connection both ways
via. j. Il. X. w. Ry, AZ Jacksonville with
Atlantic Coast Line, Fast Mail.
At Gainesville with through Pullman sleep
cTS over savannah Floridn and Western lf'y.,
for New Orleans, Pensacola, savannah, Alba
ny, Montgomery, Louisville ST. Louis and all
points West.
At Ocala with Florida Railway and Nayigp-
ton Co., and :. =. q. A G., X. N.
AZ Astor with sc Johns river steamers for
jacksonville, Sanford and way landings.
At Ieesburg with the St. Johns and Lake
EustIs division of the Florida Southern Rail-
way, and boats on Lake Harris, Eustis and
Griffin for all points ON Lakes
AZ Tampa with Plant Steamships every Mon
day and Thursday for Key West ana Havana,
At Lakeland with South Florida Railroad
for Tampa, kssmmee, Orlando and Sanford,
At punta Gorda with steamer Alice Howard
aud Walkntumicn for Punta losHa and Fort
Myers.
:. CONANT. J. A. LARNERD.
General Manager. SUPERINTENDENT
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16

ST. JOHNS AND LAKE EUsTIs DIVISION.
Leave - a m. Aston. ..... Arrive 10 y M
Arrive : 80 "A m Fort Mason Leave 10 y m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16

ID. II. ELLIOTT,
Gen'l. Pass. Agt. DeIiary Line.
w. NJ. DAVIDSON,
Gen1. Tran. Agt.. Peoples Line.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16
Notice of IncOrDOratiOn.

\NETHE UNDERSIGNED,I PURSUANCE
w with the statute of the State of Florida in
such case made and provided, hereby give no
tice of the forming of corporation to he
known as the Palatka, WeIaka and Lake Rail-
road Company, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and operating railroad through
and across the counties of Putnam, Orange and
Lake, in the State of Florida, TO extend from "a
point at or near Palatka i'm the county of Put
nam, to point on the st. Johns and Lake
ErIstis Railroad, with branch tn Georgetown,
"A distance of fifty miles or thereabOuts.
The incOrporators of said company are:
SHERMAN CONANT.
CHARLES h. FENWICK.
W.P. COPPER.
jel5-imw j. III. HARRINGTON
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16

London had won the competition out
right and the hurricane of cheers which
greeted this fact was heard in the stiffness
of the night by solitary policemen at
distance of miles from the scene of action.
MIR. Hailstone, in whose honor the
cheering was renewed, appeared ut the
window after short pause and made the
following statement:
every line" said he, ''that / ever re
member to have had published has been
secured by Messrs. Jones and Williams;
but the former, by some extraordinary
chance, has come into possession OF q
fragment that / wrote when an infant.
fragment which my father, the late Felix
Hailstone, of Mincing Lane, had printed
exactly as it left my childish pen This
fairly comes under the conditions of my
original manifesto: il is fiction and writ
ten by me-"
The biography which robbed Mr.. VII
Hans Of 10000 and put that sum into
the pocket of Mr.. Jones, is worth the
trouble of transcribing:
There was wunce u boy called Jon hoo
run away to To korul refes and parms
he was Grounded
Felix Hailstone
''aged years"
So ended the Hailstone competition
What it cost its originator and what good
it did to him would be too considerable a
question for mere passing inquiry Some
people declare that Felix actually made
money by his scheme; others, that he lost
half his fortune and gained nothing; but
Hailstone himself never touched upon this
point to us, and, after all, the subject is n
purely personal one. Let us leave our
author, therefore, in the halcyon hour of
success. He was heard to say, not long
since, that fear, almost amounting to a
conviction, troubled him, When ques-
toned upon the color Of his alarm, he an
swered that the possibility Of some day
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16

writing hinIsylI oat, "a some uay unta
ing that he had said all he has got to say,
weighed heavily On hiI mind
There IS something sincularly touching,
modest and grOUudiCss in these appre-
hensions.-Eden PhilIpOtts i'm BeIgravia
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-16
ORANGE GROVES.
In the FlOurishing Town of
FEDERAL POINT, FLA.

Which has the best soil and the he
transportation facilities of any part of
East Florida, have the following de-
scribed property for sale, to which l in
vite individual inspection before pur-
chasing:
One improved place of 81 acres, set
with $40 orange trees, in bearing. com
pvising $50 Mandarins, besides Japan
Persimmons, Peach and Plum Trees,
a finely finished Cottage of Rooms,
with Driven Well and Rain-w alter Cis-
tern. Income this year $3.50. Price
s..
One place of nine acres, $50 orange
trees. mostly budded. 400 just coming to
bearing. Is situated on the main street,
ten minutes walk from wharf. Has
both river and street front. Price 81 900
Also one place ) acres, y acres cleared
and set out in Orange Trees, Price SllO0.
One place of 10 acres, ) acres cleared
and set out in trees, nice cottage of three
rooms, fronts on three streets, all under
fence. Price 81, 100.
Besides, one lot at Bridgeport, Fla. of
60 acres, of which have been cleared,
with a fine river front.
Also, unimproved land within the cor
porate limits of Federal Point, Fla, and
other lands in st. Johns County, which
Is unsurpassed in fertility OF soil.
Call and see or address
j. +. TENNEY,
feI1y Federal Point, Fls,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-03-25
One of Pat Sheedy's Stories.

II was riding on one Of the old stage
coaches running to the Black Hills.
and one of my fellow passengers was
m Enelishman We had reached q
dell in the road when one of the lead
crs OF our four-n-hand team became
restless. The driver swung bis whip
out, and, as the horse felt the crack and
steadied down. the driver exclaimed;
There blank. blank you, take thatV
Immediately the voice resounded in
echo from the hill beyond: There.
blank. blank you take thatr The Eng
lishman looked up quietly and said 70
me: II he had said God bless you. in
stead of the language ne used, his God
bless you would as certainly have como
back TO him from yonder hill. This
story was recently told. not by sun
day-school superintendent. but by Pat
Sheedy, once one OF Chicago's boss
gamblers and now John L. sullivans
manager. .-Ns,o York Sun.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-03-25
Plantation Philosophy.

De man what peers ter be in de bes'
humor when he's in trouble minds mo
o. dc calacanthus, wha: smells do
sweetes' arter it's mashed.
We's got some little respect fur
de drunkard ez laung ez he erpeors ter
be ershamed o gettin' drunk. but whom
he gets so he amt ershamod O. his
shame. we drops him. KNOWN dat
he Is er gone case.
Folks dat is allus or tallSin' erbout de
volt in sleeps clothin' doan peer ter
know dat we sometimes finds er sheep
in VOLTS clothin'. De kindes' hearted
man eber seed had er face dat would
skeer er ha'f grown boy putty nigh Gar
death.
We'se allus ap' ter make er mistake
consarnin dc snowy pusson. Some
men peer ter carry light wild 'cn
' har cher da 60, an thinkin' dat da
ken 'complish mos anything, we pins
our faith ter 'em, neglectin' de dull
lookin' man; but when the hard test
comes. de dull lookin' man ken, nine
times outen ten, grab or 'portant pint
sooner, Er coal o fire amt ez bright
ez err blaze but it ken flash powder
quicker. Arhansaw TraUeter.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-03-25
NO. 13
Why They Danced.

The police have just been apprised
. little adventure which short tim,
ago befell Mr.. John kelkenny. the we'll
known South Thirteenth street liquor
dealer. The story. though a trif'
''chestnutty.' Is given as related at po
lice headquarters.
One night tall roughly drassed fel
low. whose style Of costume showed tina
he was cowboy, etcpped into Kelken
oy's saloon. He was plainly under th'
influence of liquor. Throwing his hal
back on his head. he staggered up t
thc bar and asked:
BE you the proprietor of this yer'
plsoep"
II guess am" replied Mr.. X, calm
y.
well. then" drawing a big revols
err from his betty. l want TO see yo,
dance little for mel"
'But l can't Dance" returned the
proprietor, keeping as calm demean
or as he could under the circumstAn-
ces.
"Yes yer kin. Yer bet you'll have
to IL l say So" replied the drunken
cowherder. brandishing his gun threat
eningly.
Mr.. X. thought Of the ancient mar
i'm, that discretion was the better part OF
valor and coming out from behind the
bar went through all the dance steps he
could think Of. He flung his feet in
lively style for ten minutes before the
cowboy was satisfied.
.That'll do. now." said the latter.
II guess yer all right. Now gi' me
horn of your best whisky"
Mr. Kelkenny obeyed with an alacrf.
ty which was born of desire to please
dangerous customer. As the cowboy
was enjoying the whisky John looked
carelcssly at the revolver and remark.
cd:
Fine revolver you've got there"
"Yes." replied the cowboy. evident
ly fattered. tits a daisy"
'.Let me look at it minute. win
youp" asked Kelkenny. pouring out
Another glass for the cowboy,
Certainly" replied the cowboy.
handing over the weapon with one
hand and seizing the glass with the
other.
He never drank the whisky. for n
soon as Mr.. X. had the weapon in his
hand he pointed 1t at the cowboy and
uttered the stern command, "Now you
dance. and he put the cowboy through
all the PAGES imaginable, fast and slow.
For half an hour he was compelled to
keep his feet gong at the point of his
own weapon. When the ordeal was
over he skunk out of the saloon, . very
tired and ashamed but 3 wiser man.
He was minus his revolver. Omaha
UaS
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-03-25

vsnlson Is reported dear, and yss rer
deal of u IL not deer. although u rassn ~
sueh. - Hast1n =.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
Margaret Fuller,s Ingenuity.

One evening Miss Fuller, with a young
friend, took suburban train to attend a
small social gathering. She had dressed
with unusual care, the finishing touch
being beautiful bunch of dollhouse flow
ers which she wore in her corsage.
When the conductor came into the car to
collect the fares Margaret Fuller suddenly
remembered that her pocketbook was in
the dress she had left at home! Her
companion was in the same plight, and
there was nothing to do but to explain
matters to the conductor. That official
was obdtrate, however; the ladies were
both strangers to him, and their excuse
haci1neyed and transparent; he would be
obliged to leave them at the next way
station. Snatching the bouquet from be-
meath her cloak, Margaret rose to her
feet with queen-like dignity and ex-
claimed: lis there no one in this car
who will purchase these flowers?' a
gentleman instantly came forward and
paid the fares of the two ladies, but, it is
needless to say, refused to take the bou-
quet. The card which Margaret ex-
changed with him, however he keeps to
this day. and the incident was the be-
ginning of a pleasant acquaintance be-
tween them.-Boston Cor. Critics
Lounger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
wortil.s Unpar,IonabIo Fault.

Worth has committed the fault, not to
be forgiven by a woman, of duplicating
ball dresses for two leading society women
al the capital. It all came out at the
British legation ball last week, and the
little scene was funny one. The first
of the two to enter the ballroom was a
lady from Philadelphia, the daughter of
millionaire in congress. Her dress
elected general admiration, and the re-
mark, mo doubt of that being Worth
dress, y went in a little buzz around the
room. a few moments later New York
woman appeared in dress of the same
lovely maize color, the exact material
and fashioned as much like the other
dress as two peas. They met, and there
were lool1s-it need not be said they were
looks of establishment, disappointment
and polite chagrin. They saw the expla-
nation in the duplicated gowns, and no
words were necessary.
But women usually finds words nece5-
sary, if only to relieve their feelings. 81
-you-haven'ta pink-one- -
gasped the New York woman, family,
seized with the horrible foreboding that
Worth might be wicked enough to dupli-
cate pink as well as yellow. .tOh-I-
have, ~ replied the Philadelphia woman
in tones equally faint and despairing.
When they had sufficiently recovered to
talk it over calmly, the truth was told,
and they knew the pink dresses were also
duplicates. Fortunately, as third party
said. "They are both awfully rich and
can afford to throw away the dresses If
they choose" But they are very mad
Washington Cor. New York Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
The Cold Zone OF Boi1er Fires.

apiece of paper, pasted on a boiler
over the frebox does not become charred.
It occupies what Dir. Thomas Fletcher,
of Warrington, England, calls the '.cold
zone" or space of unaccountable low
temperature on the surface of metal hay
ing water behind It. Mr.. Fletcher dis
cards the ordinary theory that the phe-
nOmenOn is due to the rapid absorption
of heat by the water. His experiments
thus far nave convinced him that this
cool space. whose thickness is that of the
tlIckest paper remaining uncharred, Is
absolutely impossible by flame and a
high degree of radiant heat, even the ut
most power of the blow pipe serving but
to reduce and not annihilate it, and that,
as consequence, only a small part of the
heat IS permitted to reach the water.
1t has no effect, however, In stopping
the heat conducted through it by solids,
and wire passing through the fame
quickly burns the paper which the fire
had left untouched These observations
naturally suggested the use ON boilers of
metal studs of sufficient length to come
IN contact with the fame, and on boilers
50 constructed it IS claimed a wonderful
increase In the steam generated has been
obtained Traveller.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
AGeniaI Restorative.

Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are EN-
phaticalIy a genial restorative. The
changes which this great botanic remedy
produces in the disordered organization
are always agreeable, though surely
progressive, never abrupt and Violent
On this account it is admirably adapted
to persons of delicate constitution and
weak nerves, to whom the powerful
mineral drugs are positively injurious.
That it initiates those processes which
result in the re-establishment of health
full vigor is conspicuously shown in cases
where it is taken to overcome that fruit
full cause of debility, Indigestion, coupled
as it usually is, with billiousness and
constipation. Thorough digestion, reg
ular evacuation and abundant secretion.
are results which promptly and invari-
ably attend its systematic use. tits, be-
sides, the best protective against ma
laria, and first rate diuretic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
1sussIn.s rranscaspian railroad.

Russia's Transcaspian railroad has
pushed across the sandy wastes northeast
of Merv, and trains are now running tc
Charjui on the Oxus. Engineers are
throwing a railroad bridge across that
classic stream, and track laying will soon
begin through Bokhara, on the way tc
Samarcand and Tashkent. Two steam
boats have been launched on the Oxus to
carry freight and passengers between the
railroad and Kliiva.
When we remember that a few years
ago Europeans venttlred into those regions
only at the peril of their lives. we under
stand how rapidly events are moving in
Russian central Asia. The emir of
Bokllara, who is doing all in his power to
speed the coming railroad, is the grand
son of the ruler who put to death Col.
Stoddart and Capt. Connolly, the ENJOYS
of Queen Victoria. Merv, now way
station on the railroad, was hardly known
in its modern aspects until O'Donovan
made his famous ride some ten years ago;
and Khiva, now joined by steam to the
western world contained no Europeans
twenty-five years ago, when Vambery
visited the place disguised as a dervish,
except some poor Russians then languish-
ing IL tho dungeon. York Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
a Police commissary,s shrewdnes..

- romeo Cou1Ialssary's ShF0WdneBR.
Paris contains quite number of dens
Of thieves, Pickpockets, housebreakers,
and hoe genus omne well known to the
police, who make frequent raids upon
them. Ono of these resorts, nicknamed
by its habitues win a douze, - and stu
ate In the Rue st. Martin, was lately
visited by d. VerOn, commissary of DO
lice, who had all the customers present
taken into custody. AT the examination
which ensued one of their number, who
had been hObnobbing with notorious
burglar, went up to the magistrate and
said, In tone of offended dignity: 81
work for my living and no complaints
have ever been lodged against me- ~
''What IS your employment inquired
b Vernon. '.Grocer's assistant. - The
commissary of police then tore a leaf out
of his note book, which he handed to the
fellow, saying: Here, let us see YOU
make a paper screw" The man stared
IS he took the paper and tried to twist it
into shape After repeated attempts he
had to give it up, and, crushing up the
paper, he threw it away, saying: Gan
right, 1 am dished up this time, but III
serve you out one of these days." He
vas marched off to prison along with the
rest OF the banda Reforme
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
Before the Havana cat1,odral.

Ono short block from the Plaza di
Armas finds us within the large open
square in front of the grand cathedral of
Havana. In ell the streets through
which we had heretofore passed tho side
walks were so narrow that two people
could not walk abreast, but here, before
the church, they were very wide and
completely thronged with devotees seek
ing their shrine to worship. We paused
to view the scene and the faces of the
passers-by; old and young, rich and poor.
all mingled in one company; carriage
after carriage rolled up to the broad stone
steps and deposited its freight; ladies'
richly dressed in the witching Spanish
costume. short skirts, scarce long enough
to conceal the arched instep and well
rounded ankle. the long, sweeping veil of
black lace, which forms the only head
covering worn by ladies of quality, and
the fan, the inseparable fan. Shoes and
stockings would be dispensed with before
the fan All We're hurrying through the
open portals of this temple of Worship
Havana Cor. Boston Courier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
1t was during the Fourteenth centur,
that paper was first made from rags.
Tests for 1,ntterin..

There is no way of telling good butter
inc, costing at wholesale eighteen cents a
pound, from tho bad butter at twenty
eight cents pound, unless the micro
scope is used. In cheap grades of oleo it
is sufficient to put little on the stove.
when the smell of burning tallow will be-
come evident, but good butterine does
not betray itself. The test most in use
by market experts is to place bit of fine
dairy butter in the palm of one hand
along with a piece of the suspected arti-
Gle; If it is not real butter it will not be-
gin to melt until half a minute after the
real hlrtter.-Brooklyn EAGLE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
why Inventors are Poor.

There are thousands of inventors poor
to-day, not because they had poor pa
tents, but because they did not know how
to protect them. The protection of
patents is an art that is not known to
every lawyer-not to every so-called
patent lawyer. 1t is an easy thing to get
a patent for man, but it is another
thing to save the inventors rights and
property when these arc infringcd, as is
nearly always the case with fist class
invention. Investigating such case,
the lawyer has to locate the infringers
and ascertain the extent of their profits
out of their infringements; then the pc
culiar laws of the territory or state or do
minion in which the infringer resides
must be applied, and altogether the best
patent LAWYER must not only understand
the law, but he must be mechanical
genius, and have the instinct and per-
tenacity of detective.-Cor. Globe
Democrat
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
BEGINNING HIS uTERARY CAREER.
Boyhood of Novelist and Essayist-An
Ar,Inr TIr..f Wa. -. Co.,

Boyhood OF n Novelist and Essayist-An
Ardor That Was Never Cooled.
George Parsons Iathrop, the novelist
and eSsaylst, began his literary career In
manner quite peculiar He was n mere
stripping, and was staying with his
mother and brother at Dresden, he to
study the language and literature Of
Goethe and his brother to study art.
The two boys were devotedly attached to
Their widowed mother, and IN fact their
affection and admiration for her was
such that they would not undertake any
ting without her approval George had
been detected BY her at odd times IN the
throeS of composition, and knowing well
how inadequately the muses. as rule re-
ward their devotees, so far as hard coin
Is concerned at least, Mrs. I.athrop felt
troubled about the apparent literary pro
cilyItles of her SON. She noticed the
thirst for fame growing apace IN George,
and decided to see for herself at least
whether It was worth while for him to
consume the midnight oil to this alarm
ing extent She went to his room dur
ing temporary absence and softly alb
stracted a few of the rolls of manuscript
she found littering the desk and drawers.
She read them and felt puzzled The
matter IN her judgment was excellent.
Still. she would not trust a mothers
blindness and Partially.
So she consulted Col. John r. Leslie.
an American gentleman at that time re-
siding In Dresden, telling him to give
her his candid and unbiased opinion as to
tho merit of what her son George had
been .-scribbling.'' Col Leslie read it.
He returned It to Mrs Lathrop a few
days later, saying: .1Let him scribbIel
He'll dor And Mrs LathrOp no longer
attempted to quench the literary spark IN
her sons soul, just then bursting forth
She left him to pursue the thorny path
Of literature.
With Characteristic zeal and persever-
ance young Lathrop set to work as soon
as freed from the restraints of maternal
interference The paper fairly shrieked
under his merciless and unsparing at
tacks- Manuscript copy flew out by the
ream from under his hand, and at one
fell blow he deluged the sanctum of
every magazine and a number of the
Leading literary journals then published
IN these United States. It would be too
Ench to say that his success as a writer
was Immediate or the reception accorded
him by the editorial management over
whelming. If anything this reception
was perhaps a trifle too frigid. But
nothing cooled the ardor of the Young
Hterateur. He had the satisfaction of
seeing one or two out of his score of
frstfngs In print within a month, and
from that hour on Mr.. Lathrop's profess
sion was chosen for goOd.-New York
Graphic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-23
GaYed His Lffe.

Mr.. D. /. Wilcoxsen, of Horse Cave.
KY. says he was, for many years, badly
afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes;
the pains were almost uncomfortable
and would sometimes almost throw him
into commissions. He tried Electric bit
tiers and got relief from first bottle and
after taking six bottles. was entirely
cured. and had gained in. flesh eighteen
pounds. Says he positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for the
relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold
at fifty cents a bottle by A. C. Van
Glider.